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Parliament: Estimates done, now onto the agenda

Saturday, 31 October 2015, 16:42 Last update: about 12 years ago

And so, it’s done and dusted. Two and a half weeks after Finance Minister Edward Scicluna delivered the Budget Speech for 2016, the estimates for 15 minutes have been debated and now all that is...

Cancer: The great wake-up call

Wednesday, 28 October 2015, 12:21 Last update: about 12 years ago

On Monday, the World Health Organisation dropped an atomic bomb in terms of publishing a report which found that processed meat and even red meat is carcinogenic to humans. Worse still, it said...

Beyond U-turns – Labour's 360° on Gozo tunnel

Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 11:42 Last update: about 12 years ago

Chris Said   Labour has done a full circle on the Gozo tunnel issue.  They have spent their two and a half years in government going round in a circle, and ending up exactly in the...

Transport: A welcome move... in theory

Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 11:38 Last update: about 12 years ago

The news that the government announced (in a convoluted way) in the budget, to allow general motor vehicle licence holders to be legally allowed to ride two-wheel vehicles with up to a  capacity...

2015 International Day of the Girl

Sunday, 25 October 2015, 09:33 Last update: about 12 years ago Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley

Once again this year, the United States is proud to celebrate the International Day of the Girl with our partners across the globe. The United Nations established the day in 2011 to recognise...

Firmly committed to inclusion and integration

Sunday, 25 October 2015, 09:30 Last update: about 12 years ago Justyne Caruana

All the dictionaries that I know define the word ‘debate’ as ‘engaging in a formal discussion during which reasons and arguments are advanced for and against some proposal to be...

The issue of vacant properties

Sunday, 25 October 2015, 08:46 Last update: about 12 years ago

Every so often we hear about vacant properties. Usually they feature as the villains of the piece and are used as an argument against further development. But the issue is not so simple. Vacant...

Street parking in Hal Safi

Sunday, 25 October 2015, 08:44 Last update: about 12 years ago

This is a response to the letter sent by Mr. Francis Buhagiar (Some citizens are more citizens than others, TMIS 13 October) regarding Safi local council's decision to paint a yellow box outside a...

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